Supporters' vigil as Argentine president prepares for cancer surgery
Supporters' vigil as Argentine president prepares for cancer surgery
Supporters of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez were planning a long night's vigil ahead of her surgery for thyroid cancer.
10:32PM GMT 03 Jan 2012
They plan to start gathering at 1 am Wednesday in the capital's Plaza de Mayo and outside the Hospital Austral, as well as at other public squares around the country - and to stay until she is out of surgery.
Mrs Kirchner, the country's first elected female president, was found to have cancer "on the right lobe of the thyroid gland" during a routine medical examination on December 22, her spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said last week.
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Security has been stepped up at the private Hospital Austral, with staff postponing appointments for those who do not require urgent care.
Mrs Kirchner was re-elected in October with more than 54 percent of the vote, a first-round landslide that buried her nearest competitors and won her back control of Congress. She was sworn in for her second term last month.
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